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60. Re: How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?alesj Jan 24, 2011 7:45 AM (in response to fabdouglas)
In fact all issues come from the fact JBoss load the persistence.xml too early. I've tested to update the <provider> tag with a little patch by using "org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistenceMyImpl" (this class has to start with "org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence" to be considered by Hibernate configuration, but hibernate dos not use the CL of this provided class, but the one of "PersistenceUnitInfo" (see Ejb3Configuration#configure(PersistenceUnitInfo, Map). One solution could consist to wrap the "PersistenceUnitInfo" with a custom proxy class to force the CL....
How would it actually got this class' CL if first needs to load the class itself?
Which CL comes from PUInfo? I would expect app's ...
Anyway, to be fully compliant with JBoss (and some other JEE servers) I've switch to this solution : http://fabdouglas.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-run-spring-3-jpa-application-to.html
You can actually force JBossAS to ignore persistence.xml with jboss-ignore.txt,
so not really neccessary to rename the file.
This way of course you delegate the work to ext lib, which then loads local classes first.
But in my test, I later on had issues with EJB, which uses Hibernate for its timers handling.
Afaik, Jaikiran is looking into the issue, as EJBs + timers handling should not overlap with deployment's JPA usage.
btw: nice and useful blog post :-)
61. How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?fabdouglas Feb 17, 2011 3:30 PM (in response to jroyals)
Ales Justin wrote:
You can actually force JBossAS to ignore persistence.xml with jboss-ignore.txt,
so not really neccessary to rename the file.
In fact renaming this file make the EAR/WAR runnable on all JEE servers, not only JBoss. All JEE servers are not as configurable as JBoss is.
62. How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?tmuldo Feb 23, 2011 9:44 AM (in response to jroyals)
I'm afraid that I haven't been able to get past the issue in which JBoss's version of Hibernate (3.6) is used instead of my version of Hibernate (3.2.6) which is deployed in WEB-INF/lib as evidenced by the stack trace…
Caused by: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.springframework.orm.jpa.persistenceunit.SpringPersistenceUnitInfo.getSharedCacheMode()
at org.hibernate.ejb.util.LogHelper.logPersistenceUnitInfo(LogHelper.java:39) [:3.6.0.Final]
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.configure(Ejb3Configuration.java:516) [:3.6.0.Final]
at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:73) [:3.6.0.Final]
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:224) [:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:291) [:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1368) [:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1334) [:2.5.5]
... 165 more
Here's the log entry proving that my WEB-INF/jboss-classloading-domain.xml file is being referenced (as expected)...
08:28:55,575 DEBUG [org.jboss.classloader.spi.ClassLoaderSystem] DefaultClassLoaderSystem@39452f registered domain=ClassLoaderDomain@182e645{name=FirstBest-UMS.war parentPolicy=(before=EXCLUDE [org.hibernate] after=<NOTHING>) parent=java.net.URLClassLoader@1112783}
My WEB-INF/jboss-classloading-domain.xml…
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classloading-domain xmlns="urn:jboss:classloading-domain:1.0" name="FirstBest-UMS.war">
<javabean xmlns="urn:jboss:javabean:2.0" class="org.jboss.classloader.plugins.filter.NegatingClassFilter">
<javabean xmlns="urn:jboss:javabean:2.0" class="org.jboss.classloader.spi.filter.RecursivePackageClassFilter">
This issue is unfortunately blocking our migration from JBoss 4.2.3 to JBoss 6.0.0.Final.
63. How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?alesj Feb 24, 2011 7:43 AM (in response to tmuldo)
This issue is unfortunately blocking our migration from JBoss 4.2.3 to JBoss 6.0.0.Final.
As you can see from my github example / attempt, this is not as easy to do as we would all like to think.
Either you take over complete control over how JPA is handled in your code,
or better, try changing you app to be compatible with AS' Hibernate version.
What's preventing you from using AS' bundled Hibernate?
Hibernate's main interfaces shouldn't change at all? Or JPA1 vs. JPA2?
64. Re: How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?tmuldo Feb 24, 2011 7:59 AM (in response to alesj)
What's preventing you from using AS' bundled Hibernate?
The simplest of answers is time.
Hibernate 3.6 would require an update of Spring (based upon the AbstractMethodError in my earlier post) which would require an update of Acegi Security (to Spring Security) and so on. While those upgrades are inevitable (and time consuming), we had hoped that we would be able to upgrade JBoss AS without having to upgrade our application at this time (or the 3rd party libraries that it depends upon).
65. Re: How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?alesj Feb 24, 2011 8:06 AM (in response to tmuldo)
I guess downgrading AS' Hibernate is not an option?
e.g. you exclude all AS services that might depend on the latest Hibernate,
only leaving those who actually work on your Hibernate's version
66. Re: How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?surtax Feb 24, 2011 7:41 PM (in response to jroyals)
I'm having a similar problem with Daniel, I am coming with a war that works in jboss5 and trying to deploy it to jboss6 and am receiving the error
I beleive its because the war has packaged with it a 2.1 version of jaxb-xjc.jar:
Caused by: java.lang.Error: Error visiting "/C:/***.war/WEB-INF/lib/jaxb-xjc.jar/1.0/com/sun/codemodel/JConditional.class"
I am not limited by anything I can do on the server or the app.
I have tried to replace the jaxb-xjc.jar (v2.1) in my app to the jBoss default of (2.2) - but when deploying gives me the same error
I have tried to delete the .jar from both the war and the jboss/lib folder but it gives me the exact same error.
Any guidance on how to quickly and easily fix this would be much appreciated
Also is this issue related to this thread at all? The error messages I'm getting are very similar: http://community.jboss.org/thread/160881
67. Re: How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?edward_nickson Apr 17, 2012 10:10 PM (in response to surtax)
I have recently gone through the painful process of deploying an application on JBOSS 5.1.0.GA that was deploying fine on JBOSS 4.2.1.GA. It took me quite a while with much searching of the internet for help. I thought I should post what I did in case it helps others solve their own migration issues. This thread seemed like the best place to post it. Please note that not all of these problems will be encountered by all users and it is possible that some of the assumptions/statements that I found on the net and used were wrong. But overall the discussions I leveraged helped me immensely.
The application contained the following major 3rd party software:
-hibernate 3.6.0.Final + JTA 2.0
-Camel 2.6.0
-Spring 3.0.5.RELEASE
-Atomikos 3.7.0
The packaging was a WAR file.
Here were the final steps required to deploy it:
1) Set classloading:
Added jboss-classloading.xml and edited jboss-web.xml to load the WAR in its own domain and its own META-INF/lib jars before Jboss'.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- See http://phytodata.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/demystifying-the-jboss5-jboss-classloading-xml-file -->
<classloading xmlns="urn:jboss:classloading:1.0"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<class-loading java2ClassLoadingCompliance="false">
Helpful URLS:
2) Prevent JBoss' older hibernate version attempting to deploy PUs:
JBoss should be using the newer hibernate 3.6.0.Final to deploy, but it will attempt to load them anyway using the older version. I thus renamed all persistence.xml's in the application so that JBoss will not detect them and pointing Spring to the new names:
Added: <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-newname.xml"/>
To the Entity Manager Factory Bean: org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence cannot be cast to javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider
JBoss is supposed to be able to filter out classes/packages from the domain. This is supposed to be done with : jboss-classloading-domain.xml. Unfortunately this classloading file causes unexpected changes that override the "parent-first=false" config specified in the classloading file. It should therefore not be used (as specified earlier in this thread)
It should also be possible to have JBOSS ignore the persistence.xmls instead of having to rename them. Exqually unfortunate that: jboss-ignore.txt does not appear to work.
3) Remove any xml library conflicts:
Several jars within the application caused a conflict (cannot cast exceptions) even though classloading is supposed to be isolated. All of these are regarding xml parsing. I had to removed the following jars from the WAR:
Exception Example:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl cannot be cast to javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory
4) Remove any servlet.http jars:
A couple of jars contained implementations of the javax.servlet.http. These were overriden under JBoss 4.2.1.GA but were now being loaded first. The effect was that the Spring context did not start, and a servlet context exception was thrown. I had to remove the following jars:
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.xxx.xxx.xxx.Servlet cannot be cast to javax.servlet.Servlet
5) Correct Camel type converter loading:
A new file system was introduced in JBOSS 5 called VFS. This causes a problem with camel's type converters. The camel team are aware of this issue but there is no straightforward fix included in Camel. There is a recommended class available to fix the issue outside of Camel, but there is not even a readily available maven artifact for it (that I could find). The source code that I found was also tied directly to JBOSS 6. (JBOSS VFS classes were refactored between JBOSS 5 and 6.) I therefore modified the class myself for JBoss 5 and created the artifact. Lastly, I created a Spring bean to instantiate the class. This rectified the Camel exception. It is very unfortunate that the Camel team do not address this issue clearly on the Camel website with an easily to use maven artifact. They do indicate it is solved in newer versions of Camel but I have not had much success getting it to work without this bean for those versions thus far.
Caused by: org.apache.camel.RuntimeCamelException: org.apache.camel.TypeConverterLoaderException: Failed to load type converters because of: Cannot find any type converter classes from the following packages: [org.apache.camel.component.file, org.apache.camel.component.bean, org.apache.camel.converter, org.apache.activemq.camel.converter, org.apache.camel.component.http]
Helpful URL:
6) Update Camel to accommodate type converter fix:
The camel type converters were able to load, however a follow up error appeared:
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: log
at org.apachextras.camel.jboss.JBossPackageScanClassResolver.find(JBossPackageScanClassResolver.java:24)
The camel team indicated that this error is due to a change in logging and usage of SLF4J. It requires camel 2.7.0+. I therefore upgraded to the latest 2.9.1.
7) Disable hibernate validation or remove JBOSS' old validator.jar:
JBoss' built in legacy hibernate validator was throwing the following exception in attempting validation:
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.hibernate.validator.ClassValidator.<init>(java.lang.Class, java.util.ResourceBundle, org.hibernate.validator.MessageInterpolator, java.util.Map, org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.ReflectionManager)
The sourcecode for JBoss does not permit this problem from being solved with classloading. It must either be solved by:
a-removing JBOSS_ROOT/common/lib/hibernate-validator.jar
b-disabling validation
SOURCE URL: https://community.jboss.org/message/553449#553449#553449
I chose to disable validation by adding the following to the jpaPropertyMap of the Entity Manager Factory Bean: org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean:
<entry key="hibernate.validator.apply_to_ddl" value="false"/>
<entry key="hibernate.validator.autoregister_listeners" value="false"/>
8) DB Driver:
I forgot to place the SQL Server JTDS driver in the /lib directory as it was under JBOSS 4.2.1.GA. This was causing an exception:
Caused by: org.jboss.resource.JBossResourceException: Apparently wrong driver class specified for URL: class: net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver, url: ...
I therefore placed the jtds-1.2.4.jar in JBOSS_ROOT/server/default/deploy/lib
9) The application now deploys.
Message was edited by: edward_nickson Added a URL source for the camel type converter issue.
68. Re: How to stop my WAR loading JBoss's provided 3rd party classes?alesj Apr 17, 2012 8:54 AM (in response to edward_nickson)
Nice, thanks for sharing such kind of info.


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I have squirmed in my seat while typing that reply. Free and Open Source Software doesn't have borders. The hardware shouldn't either.
Please know that typing the "no" reply was literally painful. It's a problem I have not been able to solve.
For the first five years of ZaReason's beginning, I asked people in Silicon Valley for advice on global expansion, seemed the obvious source of support.
There's always a part of the conversation where I have to clarify my personal intentions: "I'm not in it for the money."
At that moment, I lose their respect.
Occasionally, there's an unkind comment indicating I'm financially clueless.
Actually I'm financially savvy. I'm just not ruled by it. I have different priorities.
Today, I had lunch with @kiwiseabreeze an experienced lawyer. I said, "I'm not in it for the money," and instead of giving me that look that says, "You hippy twit," instead her eyes glowed, she "got it"; no more trying to explain the impossible. What a breakthrough! For the first time, I was able to express my main objectives without being dismissed.
Today, I had lunch with @kiwiseabreeze an experienced lawyer. I said, "I'm not in it for the money," and instead of giving me that look that says, "You hippy twit," instead her eyes glowed, she "got it"; no more trying to explain the impossible. What a breakthrough! For the first time, I was able to express my main objectives without being dismissed.
She respectfully heard me out, listened to some of my goals and objectives, mulled them over. It's the first time I've been able to get past that initial first step.
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It looks like the wish I've had since 2006 might be possible. My wildest hope:
1. We put together "the packet" that allows ZaReason shops to be set up in other countries by people other than myself.
2. We send out word to those who want Linux hardware in their country. "Find two people who have the time and energy to set up a shop and contact us."
3. At our Berkeley headquarters, Tony Lam, the CTO, has fully transitioned to doing the core of R&D. Iqbal Haider, the CFO, has fully transitioned to taking care of all ZaReason finance, making sure we're profitable, so Earl & I have been free (since April 2012) to set up other shops. Problem is there are only 2 of us and 20+ countries that could use Linux hardware asap.
Description of shops:
|Early days at Berkeley, CA shop, L-R, Earl, Vincent, Mark Terranova ("Hi Mark!"), Aaron Thomas, Kory
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- two salaried employees: Tech Lead and Office Manager
- access to both full-time and plenty of part-time employees, flexible employees, preferably walking distance to research university
- near a major port (preferable) to reduce shipping costs
Sidenote: When a company takes the "light & local" approach, it's usually called a franchise. A regular franchise costs five to six digits to get going and franchisees anticipate these fees, including licensing fees (shiver-cringe).
But ZaReason won't be run by people who attend franchise fairs.
ZaReason will be run by people with deep experience in the Tech Sector.
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* LUG groups, maybe previously inactive, coming back together to form a group who run the local shop, combining talent and expertise
Since ZaReason in US and NZ don't have "extra" funds, the people setting up ZaReason shops in different countries will cover the startup costs such as getting their country's site set up, getting initial inventory, legal docs to set up business, and similar costs.
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ZaReason US is doing alright, chugging along. ZaReason NZ, set up in a country of only 4 mil people, the size of just San Francisco, is doing alright also. NZ gets crummy service (or none) from most computer companies because the country is "too small". We figured if we could survive in NZ, we could survive anywhere. And NZ has done nothing but delight. (Thank you!)
We've had a bit of success and aren't proprietary / greedy. We just spent some time wandering while trying to figure out a non-corporate way to build a FOSS hardware company. As of four hours ago, our plan was for my husband and I to set up every shop ourselves (a spine-crushing amount of work). Even our 11 year old could see that our approach was insane: "Mom, that's like trying to write an entire game engine on your own. That's a freakin' waste of your time."
Ah, the wisdom and clarity of an 11 year old boy. Somehow the business advice of a kid making disgusting noises seems more sane than advice from SF business sharks.
I haven't been able to wrap my mind around the appropriate type of business structure while I've been surrounded by regular business people, talk of licensing, market segmentation, profit margins, and all sorts of fees that raise the cost of "the product". (I refer to my laptop as "my trusted companion", not "the product".)
But NZ business people are different. Of course they want to make money so they can feed their kids and go surfing on weekends, but the thought of big profits is a "meh". I've been surrounded by the Kiwi business culture for five months now and my mind has finally opened up to new possibilities.
Ah-ha moment -- I couldn't conceive of the appropriate structure because the appropriate structure for building and distributing FOSS hardware involves essentially giving ZaReason away to the world at large. No one gives away a successful start-up.
But FOSS is some sort of organic, wonderful thing that often reminds me that the human race does have some redeeming qualities.
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In the afternoons I sometimes wander on Mount Victoria where scenes from The Hobbit were filmed. I've been loosening up to ideas: Maybe the people who've offered to set up Za shops will Kickstart it for their country (could run through Za US since Kickstarter is still US based). I don't have the energy to single-handed produce a Kickstarter video, but who am I to stop others from doing so?
Maybe they'll raise the funds themselves. Maybe they'll bootstrap it like Earl & I have done, starting both ZaReason North America and ZaReason Australasia out of a house to keep overhead as close to $0 as possible.
Maybe they'll pool together their own investor funds.
Here's the kicker -- the core work, the R&D has already been done to get these machines out to people. The supply chain is in place. There are still hurdles, like keyboards in your country's layout, but we've been working on global expansion since 2007 and have structured ZaReason to handle this type of growth.
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Heavenly aid in your time of need.
This originally appeared in our Oct. 23-Nov. 5 print issue.
We go to certain people to ask for a favor or for help in some difficulty.
Same goes for the spiritual side.
All Saints' Day on Nov. 1 should help us realize that we have unlimited help available from scores of saints.
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments tells us in its Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy that saints and blesseds are our "intercessors and friends," and some are "patrons of professions, of particular circumstances, like in childbirth (St. Anne) or death (St. Joseph) or in obtaining specific graces. In other words, some saints have one or more specialties — like St. Anthony for finding lost articles and St. Lucy for eyesight."
Of course, we should ask our Blessed Mother for anything because she's the intercessor par excellence — she's Queen of Saints, in fact.
Matthew Bunson, author or co-author of 35 books, including Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, Revised (2003) and John Paul II's Book of Saints (OSV, 2007) gives two reasons why we should go to saints for particular intercessions.
Bunson says: "We are a family. If we think of the saints as members of that family, as you would turn to members of family like uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, why would we not turn to members of the family in heaven for their help?"
Secondly, says Bunson: "As we have gotten to know saints over the centuries and come to understand more about their lives and what they went through, we can turn to them when we face similar problems."
Lisa Hendey, founder of CatholicMom.com and author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms (Ave Maria Press, 2011), does just that. She turns to St. Joan of Arc when praying for all of the teens "who need fortitude in the face of so many attacks in this day and age. As a mother of teens, I pray frequently through her intercession for my sons, but also for myself to face my daily battles with greater courage and conviction."
Sometimes it's obvious why a saint has a particular patronage. It's perfectly logical that St. Matthew is patron of bookkeepers and bankers — and why St. Thérèse of Lisieux is (among several specialties, including illnesses, pilots and missions) also patron saint of florists. "Who better than the Little Flower?" asks Bunson.
St. Luke, for instance, is patron of physicians and painters because he was a doctor and is believed to have painted a portrait of the Blessed Mother. Archangel Gabriel is the patron saint of messengers and of postal employees. "It makes sense," says Bunson. "He's also patron of radio. He was one of history's great announcers."
And who better to turn to than St. Joseph? In fact, after his spouse Mary, Joseph has scores of patronages — more than any other saint. As St. Bernard wrote, "There are some saints who have the power of protecting in certain specific circumstances; but St. Joseph has been granted the power to help us in every kind of need." (St. Joseph's patronages include fathers and craftsmen; he is also often invoked in selling houses.)
Want help using television wisely? Ask 13th-century Clare of Assisi, whom Pius XII named the patron saint of television in 1958. When she was too ill to leave her bed to attend Mass, she saw and heard Mass on the wall of her room. Providentially, a nun from Clare's order, the Poor Clares — Mother Angelica — founded EWTN. (The Register is a service of EWTN.)
Recently, Isadore of Seville was named patron saint of the Internet. Among the reasons: His sixth-century dictionary of sorts, called the Etymologies, was arranged like a database.
On the topic of modernity, CatholicMom.com's Hendey has a connection with recently lived intercessors. The 19th-20th century St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop of Australia is her "go-to" patroness for help in remaining faithful to the Church and her teachings. A victim of a temporary excommunication, the saint refused to speak out against the Church or blame her false accuser. Notes Hendey, "She is a patroness for me when I need help remaining faithful to our Church when it is under attack from so many fronts."
Few know St. Maximilian Kolbe as the patron saint of addicts and those in recovery from addiction because he was martyred at Auschwitz during World War II by a lethal chemical injection.
"He is my personal intercessor when I struggle with 'addictions' in my own life — with the things that separate me from God and become misplaced priorities," Hendey says. "His lifelong faith, his devotion to our Blessed Mother, and his valiant courage give me strength when I am feeling weak."
Hendey also finds Thomas More to be a terrific patron for families. Most known as a statesman and martyr at the hands of Henry VIII, he always prioritized the faith formation of his children.
At St. Lucy Church in Newark, N.J., which also contains the National Shrine of St. Gerard Majella, the faithful turn frequently to both of those saints for assistance.
As noted above, Lucy is protector of eyesight and patroness of the blind. An early fourth-century martyr, the story goes that Lucy had her eyes gouged out, but her sight was restored by St. Raphael, another patron of eye problems — and travelers too. An 18th-century Redemptorist brother, Gerard is a patron of motherhood and mothers; he is known for assisting woman through difficult pregnancies and those who are having difficulty conceiving.
As Bunson says, saints can "resonate in the same way we meet somebody, and something about that person makes us strike up a friendship with them."
No matter the request, there's a specialist waiting in heaven.
Register staff writer Joseph Pronechen
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Johnny writes in:
The one thing that has kept me from diving into investing is fear of taxes. Every time I read about taxes and investments, it seems really, really complicated and I'm worried I'm going to be stuck with a big tax bill at the end of a given year even if I think I did everything smartly.
That's an understandable worry. Investment taxes can be a bit difficult to swallow at times, but there are a few rules you can follow to make things easier for you.
My first suggestion is to use a solid tax preparation software package when you do your income taxes. A good software package like TurboTax will walk you through everything you need to do in terms of filing your taxes correctly. You'll avoid making significant errors, so you can be confident about the taxes you file.
The second step I'd suggest is to keep careful track of every dime you invest. Note the date that you invested the money, what you invested it in, and how many shares of that investment you were able to purchase. I use a spreadsheet for this very task.
The third step – and this is probably the most important one – is to keep very careful track of every dime that's paid out from your investments. If the investment pays out a dividend, record it. If the investment pays out a capital gains distribution, record it. Any time you receive cash as a result of an investment, you need to make absolutely sure that you write it down.
Now, for many investments, people choose to re-invest the proceeds. That's a reasonable choice, but it's also the choice that can get people into tax trouble.
Let's say you have $50,000 invested in a mutual fund. The fund decides to pull out of several investments, believing them to be at their peak. The fund then has to pay out a distribution. Let's say they're paying out a distribution that's worth 20% of the face value of their shares, which means you're getting $10,000. If you just re-invest that money immediately, as many people do, you now own some more shares of the fund, but you're also on the hook for $10,000 in additional income on your tax form, which can ding you pretty hard if you're not prepared for it.
Investments that do this kind of distribution quite often are referred to as "high turnover" funds. If you're investing outside of a retirement account, I'd avoid these investments like the plague. (If you're investing inside of a retirement account, it really doesn't matter because the taxes are all deferred.)
What's an example of an investment with very low or no turnover? Individual stocks have no turnover, as you just own them and hold them until you sell them. Pieces of land have no turnover for the same reason. Index funds usually have very low turnover, like the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index.
Some investments earn dividends, which work much like interest in a savings account. Dividends are either taxed like ordinary income or, if you've held the investment for a significant period, like a long-term capital gains (meaning at a lower rate than ordinary income). Again, these are often reinvested, so you'll need to keep track of these carefully.
My solution is that whenever I reinvest a dividend or distribution, I put a bit of money in a savings account to cover the taxes on that dividend or distribution. Usually, my investment house sends me a notice whenever a distribution is paid out and reinvested. When that happens, I'll just move a bit of money from a checking account into a savings account to cover the taxes there. At some point, the taxes might be big enough for me to have to come up with a different solution, but I'm certainly not there yet!
When you actually sell an investment and reap more money than you paid into it, that difference is a capital gain. You're going to owe taxes on it. If you've held that investment for more than a year, it's a long-term capital gain, meaning you'll get a lower tax rate on it than your normal income. If you've not held the investment for that long, then it's a short-term gain, which means you pay normal income taxes on it.
For that, I usually put aside 40% of the proceeds from any investment I sell for taxes. If I buy something for $1,000 and sell it for $2,000, I'm going to put aside $400 for the taxes on that gain. I might not end up owing that much, but having more than enough to cover the taxes is better than not having quite enough to cover them.
Like I said at the beginning, using a good tax software package makes this all really easy, provided you kept good records along the way. I have bought and sold many investments and had many distributions and dividends come my way and I've never had an issue thanks to good record-keeping and a good tax preparation package.


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Facebook seems to be all geared up to close yet another billion-dollar acquisition deal in an attempt to strengthen its mobile platform. The social media giant is in talks to buy the GPS company Waze for $800 million to $1 billion, Israeli daily newspaper Calcalist reports.
The negotiations between the social network and the Israeli start-up Waze Mobile apparently began six months ago. It is said that both companies have signed a term sheet, and that Facebook is doing due diligence.
Waze is a free social GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation app that uses crowdsourcing to gather real-time conditions on the road. In April 2013, the app had a base of 44 million users.
Waze is already a part of Faceobook. Waze enables its users to share their drive with Facebook friends. It makes sense to why Facebook is interested in acquiring Waze. If the deal between the two companies goes through, it will be quite interesting to see how Facebook plans to incubate itself in the GPS space.
Last year in April, Facebook acquired Instagram for a whopping 1 billion USD and it isn't surprising if Facebook spends the same on Waze. The company also acquired two Israeli startups: Snaptu in March 2011 for $70 million and Face.com in June 2012 for $60 million.
Waze has been in the subject of acquisition talk for a while now. Six months ago it was reported that Apple was interested to acquire the company for $400 million and plus $100 million in incentives. Waze tried to push the offer to $750 million, however, the deal didn't pass through. The only reason why Apple wanted to buy Waze is pretty obvious – improve its own, much criticized Maps product.


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"I sneeze and hits come out," Courtney Taylor-Taylor infamously declared in the 2002 documentary Dig!, but the truth is a little more complicated. His band The Dandy Warhols seems to treat its insanely catchy singles ("Bohemian Like You," etc.) as novelties, as if semi-hits undercut credibility. 2003's Welcome To The Monkey House is probably the best thing The Dandys ever did—all unrepentant synth-pop with the bass pumped up to club levels. (It's appropriate, in the best possible way, that Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes contributed.) As it turns out, Monkey House is a case of record-company meddling gone right: For the second release on their own label, the Warhols have unearthed their original, preferred mix, and it isn't nearly as strong. The entire track list has been reshuffled, for starters: The spacey come-down closer "Burned" is now first, and the interminable experimental exercise "Pete International Airport"—all 12-plus minutes—has been appended to the end. This mix, by soul engineer Russell Elavedo (D'Angelo, The Roots) is basically a tasteful killjoy. The bass is reduced to human levels, most of the synths are purged, and the drums sound thin and trembly. The first Monkey House is full of consistently aggressive hook-mongering; this version is all deliberately becalmed jamming and repetition. As a compare/contrast sample, it's fascinating; as entertainment, it's wearisome for anyone not already committed to the Warhols.
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Stage 8 - Saturday, July 12: Figeac - Toulouse, 172.5km
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This is very much a transitional stage after two days in the hills of the Massif Central; the Tour...
Stage 8: Figeac - Toulouse
This is very much a transitional stage after two days in the hills of the Massif Central; the Tour now heads south towards the high mountains of the Pyrenees. The stage has two distinct halves: the first half features four climbs – two third and two fourth category – while the second is mostly flat as the roads descend into the lowlands of the Midi. There are two unclassified bumps in the final 25 kilometres, but not enough to stop the sprinters getting their trains organised in this, their last chance before the roads get really steep.
Figeac has featured in the Tour twice before, most recently when locally raised Cofidis star David Moncoutié won a solo breakaway victory. The town's big claim to fame is as the birthplace of Jean-François Champollion, the man credited with being the first man to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.
As the fourth biggest city in France, Toulouse is a regular host to the Tour, having been a stage town 25 times before. It was one of the original start and finish towns of the original 1903 race where the great Frenchman Hippolyte Aucouturier won his second stage in a row over an incredible 423 kilometres from Marseille. Arcouturier held the race lead (there was no yellow jersey yet!) for those two stages, but lost it on the next leg north to Bordeaux.
The most recent visit in 2004 saw Spanish classics specialist Juan Antonio Flecha (then riding for iBanesto.com, but now at Rabobank) escape his breakaway companions to win alone.
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Gigi Hadid managed to keep her cool when her outfit broke at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
The model, who walked in the annual underwear spectacular for the second year in a row, stunned in a series of jaw dropping, barely there outfits.
One nearly got the better of her though, and she narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction when one of her chest straps snapped. She was wearing huge black wings strapped in with velvet ties and a black lace bra but luckily the snap didn't cause her wings to fall, and she managed to finish her walk.
Not all fans were best pleased that Gigi and her fellow model Kendall Jenner, who also first walked at the 2015 show, got to don wings though. Some were left disgruntled that the pair got to wear a pair of the coveted Angel accessory, as they are normally reserved for Victoria's Secret veterans like Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio.
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The 2016 show was held in the Grand Palais in Paris, France, on Wednesday, with 51 beauties showing off their best assets in a range of underwear from the American lingerie giant.
A 1,300 strong audience watched beauties including Gigi's sister Bella Hadid and Jasmine Tookes, who got to wear the $3 million fantasy bra, strut their stuff. Jasmine's jewelled piece drew gasps of awe when it was showcased, and was created by jeweller Eddie Borgo using 9,000 precious stones, taking 700 hours to create and weighing in at more than 450 carats.
Guests were treated to music from The Weeknd, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga, who also got in on the fashion action by wearing bespoke pieces by Parisian designer Azzedine Alaia.
Fans can catch the show when it's screened on Dec. 5.
Lady Gaga gave Gigi Hadid some "amazing" advice ahead of the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
The Born This Way singer performed at the 2016 event in Paris on Wednesday evening, wowing in five different outfits during her set.
Model Gigi returned to the runway for the second year in a row and was able to spend some time with the musician in the lead up to the big day.
"Gaga has been a great kind of big sister to me," Gigi told Entertainment Tonight. "And has given me amazing advice, and I think she is such a beautiful person that is just set on spreading love everywhere she goes. I think that she is one of a kind, she is amazing."
Gaga seemed just as excited to meet the fashion star and her sister Bella, who also made her debut at Wednesday's extravaganza. Posting a photo of herself posing in between the siblings, who were the first ever sisters to work for the lingerie giant together, Gaga gushed about their stunning looks.
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Human remains have been discovered in a pasture 40 miles from Colorado City, Texas, where 13–year-old Hailey Dunn disappeared more than a year ago.
Authorities in Big Spring, Texas, confirmed that human remains were found near the McMahon Wrinkle Airpark Tuesday afternoon. The airpark is about one mile from the home of the mother of Shawn Adkins, Hailey Dunn's mother's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, and the only named person of interest in the case.
Det. Sgt. Tony Everett said the remains appeared to have been there "for a long period of time," according to the San Angelo Standard Times. Everett said an FBI evidence recovery team from Dallas is expected to process the scene this morning.
No official connection has been made between the remains found Tuesday and Hailey Dunn.
Adkins, who was 25 at the time of the girl's disappearance, was called one of several people of interest in January 2011 by investigators in Colorado City. He was the live-in boyfriend of her mother, Billie Dunn, but the couple is reportedly no longer together in the aftermath of Hailey's disappearance.
Adkins was the last person to see the 13-year-old cheerleader Dec. 27, 2010. Dunn, 33, reported her daughter's disappearance the next day.
Both Dunn and Adkins failed polygraph exams during the initial investigation into Hailey Dunn's disappearance. Billie Dunn took a lie detector test twice, and the first test ended prematurely when investigators discovered she was under the influence of narcotics. The second exam indicated that she had been deceptive, according to the affidavit.
Adkins took three polygraph exams. The first two times he walked out of the room before the test was completed. The third time he was found to be deceptive during the first part of the exam.
During the second stage of the exam, Adkins revealed that Hailey might be in Scurry County, Texas. Investigators deemed him to be telling the truth. When pressed about a more precise location for the girl, Adkins refused to complete the test, according to the affidavit.
Investigators said that Adkins has given contradictory statements about the day Hailey disappeared.
Adkins also told investigators that he was fired from his job the day Hailey disappeared. Adkins worked for a company that does oil well casing and logging. His boss, however, told investigators that he wasn't fired, but abruptly left work minutes after showing up, according to the affidavit.
Adkins told investigators that he drove straight to his mother's home in Big Spring, Texas. Cell phone records show Adkins making calls from Dunn's home between 6:35 a.m. until 6:56 a.m., the court papers state.
Dunn left for work as a receptionist at a hospital at 6:20 a.m.
"According to all reports, Hailey Dunn would have been alone in the residence during this time period," the affidavit said.
Adkins eventually went to the home of his mother and used her computer. That computer has been taken as evidence, the affidavit said.
On the evening of Hailey's disappearance, Dunn and Adkins reportedly withdrew money from two banks to buy drugs, according to the affidavit.
There are also claims that the couple had a New Year's party, just days after the 13-year-old girl disappeared, according to the affidavit.
Dunn denied that, telling the Associated Press that just a few friends came over for drinks.
Dunn told the Associated Press that she had nothing to do with her daughter's disappearance. She said that she asked Adkins to move out Jan. 5.
Records show that police were called to Dunn's home in February 2010 after Adkins threatened to hurt Billie and Hailey Dunn.


text: NCI-H1417 [H1417] (ATCC® CRL-5869™) Organism: Homo sapiens, human / Tissue: lung / Disease: stage E,carcinoma; classic small cell lung cancer General Information Characteristics Culture Method Specifications History Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits View Restrictions Organism Homo sapiens, human Tissue lung Product Format frozen Culture Properties suspension Biosafety Level 1 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Disease stage E,carcinoma; classic small cell lung cancer Age 61 years Gender female Ethnicity Caucasian Applications The line was established in May 1986. Images Derivation The line was established in May 1986. Clinical Data The patient was a smoker.femaleCaucasian61 years Comments The line was established in May 1986.The patient was a smoker.50 pack years. Complete Growth Medium The base medium for this cell line is ATCC-formulated RPMI-1640 Medium, Catalog No. 30-2001. To make the complete growth medium, add the following components to the base medium: fetal bovine serum to a final concentration of 10%. Subculturing Cultures can be maintained by the addition of fresh medium. Alternatively, cultures can be established by standing culture flask vertically until cell clusters settle to bottom of flask. Remove approximately 1/3 of the culture medium. Break up clusters by gently pipetting and add fresh medium. Expand cultures into new culture vessels as necessary. Add fresh medium every 2 to 4 days (depending on cell density). Cryopreservation Culture medium, 95%; DMSO, 5% STR Profile Amelogenin: XCSF1PO: 11D13S317: 8,11D16S539: 12,13D5S818: 12D7S820: 8,10TH01: 8,9.3TPOX: 8,11vWA: 19 Name of Depositor AF Gazdar, JD Minna Deposited As Homo sapiens Year of Origin 1986 References NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch Cell Line Supplement. J. Cell. Biochem. suppl. 24: 1996. Permits These permits may be required for shipping this product: Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS Other Documentation Cell Micrograph p53 Hotspot Mutation Data Restrictions The line is available with the following restrictions: This cell line was deposited at the ATCC by Dr. Adi F. Gazdar and is provided for research purposes only. Neither the cell line nor products derived from it may be sold or used for commercial purposes. Nor can the cells be distributed to third parties for purposes of sale, or producing for sale, cells or their products. The cells are provided as service to the research community. They are provided without warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, expressed or implied. Any proposed commercial use of the these cells, or their products, must first be negotiated with the National Cancer Institute (NCI). For further information, please contact NCI's Technology Transfer Center at email@example.com or by phone at (240)-276-5514. References NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch Cell Line Supplement. J. Cell. Biochem. suppl. 24: 1996.


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One of H's teachers commented this morning at drop-off that I am looking great -- thin, but not too thin. Have I been working out?
Nope. Just lost the dead baby weight.
I said that in my head. Don't worry.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Not a Weight Loss Plan I Recommend
One of H's teachers commented this morning at drop-off that I am looking great -- thin, but not too thin. Have I been working out?
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Monday, March 23, 2015
An Involuntary Mission
Here's what kind of everyone needs to know about me. This quest for another baby, this never-ending mission? It's not voluntary. It doesn't feel like an optional choice to me. I have four PGD-screened embryos with the same genetic makeup as H in a freezer right now, and the drive to bring one of them home where he belongs feels as obvious and vital to me as taking in air several times a day.
I get it. I've been at this for a long time. People are sick of hearing about it. I'm sick of hearing about it. I'm sick of talking about my reproductive plans publicly. I didn't ask for this to be my "thing" in life. But it is what it is, and it's part of me, and I need to talk and write about it to understand how to think about it. To keep my prefrontal cortex from malfunctioning. And I need to keep going. I need to try until there are no more options. Because I still -- despite all the evidence to the contrary that's presented itself over the past four years -- I still believe he's out there.
So you don't have to understand or agree with my willingness to put my embryo inside another lady and go broke in the process. But just know that that choice was made for me when five embryos tested healthy in November 2013.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
One Year Later
These are the moments that still break my heart:
It was still cold, snow everywhere, and we bundled up early in the morning to get to the appointment. The three of us. I couldn't find child care so my poor H was along for this terrible ride.
We had just gotten H a booster seat, and before we left he told me he wanted to give his old convertible seat to the baby.
I was still careful, shielding my obviously pregnant belly as I walked across the ice to the car. I was so nervous, and yet ready to have it over with, to know what, if anything, the high AFP meant. I thought they'd find something with the placenta.
On the way to the hospital, Pharrell's "Happy" came on the radio. I loved the song, and hoped that hearing it in that moment wouldn't ruin it forever. At some point my husband changed the station and "Route 66" was on, a song we had all just heard on the soundtrack to the "Cars" movie we'd watched together. One of the last happy moments of the pregnancy.
The ultrasonographer called us back from the waiting room, and as we walked back she asked if I had to use the bathroom. H answered instead: "No, thank you." We all laughed.
H's face as everyone else realized what was happening...so innocent to the horror unfolding. Unaware he had just lost his brother.
Coming back home to the business of it. The calls to doctors and the insurance company. The search for someone who could do the surgery. Essentially being told good luck by my OB's office, whose high-risk doctor, the only one skilled past 13 weeks, was on vacation. Having to slog through all of the moments to come.
Telling H there was no longer a baby.
Standing in the hospital bathroom before going to the OR, saying goodbye, and I'm sorry. Terrified of the pre-surgery warnings, wishing I were with my H, having a fun day in my beloved city.
Realizing how old my second boy would be today. Wishing I knew if he liked oatmeal, or was quick to smile like his brother. Wishing I'd had the chance to be his mama too.
Marking a year since the death of your baby is a lonely exercise. There is no way to get others involved without striking them as melodramatic. Once again, I'm the only one who can carry this.
I wish I could tell you that the past year has changed me for the better. That I've somehow been enriched by the epiphany of grief and suffering. There may be some of that, but mostly it's been a matter of making it through days. And on some, I thought I'd break. So there's this: I survived.
It does help that this year's March 18 feels brighter and warmer than last year's. After every winter, a spring.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Sliding Doors
One year ago today, I had my last regular doctor's appointment as someone who thought a baby would come out of it in the end. I just looked at the calendar, at all the appointments typed in with ignorance about what was to come. Is that blissful? I'm not sure.
I remember waiting forever for the OB, who was off seeing other regular pregnant people, maybe delivering a baby. A typical day, and I was another typical patient. Until I wasn't.
She poked around for a while with the doppler, I remember. I was anxious, she was not. She found the heartbeat in her typical casual way, as if it there were never any doubt. As if no one ever had a doubt. Maybe she always finds the heartbeat. Maybe mine was the only one that stopped beating after she found it.
It feels so far away, and yet it also still feels tangibly close, as if I could reach out and shake it up and shuffle it around and let the pieces fall down again, a million pieces put back together the way they were meant to be. I want to be Gwyneth Paltrow and miss the train this time. Maybe that's why I let myself look back at the calendar just now. A bunch of dates are all that's left of it. The closest I'll come.
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Purim is a celebration of justice, where evil was dealt a fatal blow and life continued, if only for a little while, happily.
At Purim, as with most holidays, Jews can state, "They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat."
However at Purim we must add an addendum: "Let's help others eat as well." We are traditionally obligated to send mishloach manot, sometimes called shalach manot, a gift of at least two different items of food, drink or sweets that can be eaten immediately. These should be sent not only to our families and friends, but to those less fortunate than ourselves.
Food is a celebration of life. It keeps us well, and at the same time, it's a source of joy and delight. The gift of food is also an opportunity to help the community and strengthen relationships among people.
Purim baskets are easy to put together, and making them can be an enjoyable family event.
First, make a list of the recipients of your baskets and decide what you want the baskets to contain. Fruit, nuts, dried fruit, small bottles of grape juice or wine, hamantashen and other baked treats as well as candies are popular choices.
Next, select your containers. Visit the dollar store, where you will find a treasure trove of interesting containers, baskets and boxes to fill, or be creative and design your own container from paper or fabric. Don't forget the transparent wrapping paper and shredded coloured tissue paper to line the bottom of the baskets or containers! Settle on what you plan to bake and write a shopping list. When you have everything you need, prepare the baked goods and wrap them in plastic wrap. Assemble and wrap the baskets. Plan to deliver the baskets on Purim. If you have young children, it's great fun to let them help deliver the baskets while wearing their Purim costumes.
The Purim pastries below are fun to make, scrumptious to eat and great to share.
These dainty pastries are sweet and unique. They are sure to become a brand new holiday tradition.
4 1/4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
4 oz. heavy cream
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup margarine or butter
2 1/2 tsp. orange zest
3 cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Place chopped chocolate and cream into a glass bowl and melt in the microwave for one minute on high.
Remove the chocolate from the microwave and whisk until all lumps are gone. Chill in refrigerator until filling is firm.
Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a food processor, beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add margarine or butter and orange zest. Add the flour, baking powder and salt into the batter to form dough. Cool in fridge for about 20 minutes.
On a floured board, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thick, and with a glass or cookie cutter, cut dough into 3-in. circles. Spoon 1 tsp. of filling into centre of each circle. Pinch edges tightly to form three corners. A small amount of the filling should peek out. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown. Place cookie sheets on wire racks until cool. Makes about two dozen hamantashen.
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1 1/2 cups margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. orange zest
4 cups flour
6-8 tbsp. water
1/2 cup coarsely ground walnuts,
12 oz. pitted dates
2 tsp. fresh orange juice
1 tbsp. orange zest
icing sugar for rolling if desired
Place margarine or butter, sugar and orange zest in food processor and process until combined. Add flour and process until it is a crumbly consistency. Add water until soft dough forms. (Dough will form a ball shape in processor.) Cover for about 30 minutes.
In a separate bowl, combine the next four ingredients.
To bake: preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Form dough into walnut-size balls. Flatten slightly and make a hole in the centre with your thumb. Fill with a heaping teaspoon of filling. Press sides together to close the dough. Roll in your hands to reform into a ball. Place on cookie sheet 1-2 in. apart. Make a design on top with fork tines. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until light brown in colour. Cool on wire rack. When cool, roll in icing sugar. Makes about 80 cookies.
3 packages of frozen tart shells (36 tart shells)
3 eggs
1 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup margarine or butter
2 tsp. pure vanilla
zest of one large orange
2 tbsp. Grand Marnier
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups pecan halves
Preheat oven to 350. Place tart shells on a baking sheet and par-bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. In a large bowl or processor, combine eggs, honey, brown sugar, margarine or butter, vanilla, orange zest, Grand Marnier and salt. Divide pecans between the tart shells. Spoon mixture into each tart shell covering over the pecans, tart shells should be full. Return to oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until tart edges are light brown and the filling is golden. Cool on wire rack.


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As expected, Napoli have officially signed Emanuele Calaiò, while Siena loaned Matias Martinez to Argentinos Juniors and Cagliari released Rui Sampaio.
Siena had already confirmed the deal was done for Calaiò to the San Paolo, but it was formalised this afternoon when he put pen to paper on a contract.
The striker, who turned 31 earlier this week, has arrived on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season.
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Take the QUIZ:
Who Said it? Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger or Aryan Nation's Tom Metzger
First some background on our two quotable and notable contestants:
The ADL website provides the following profile of Tom Metzger, leader of
White Aryan Resistance:
Tom Metzger, a television repairman from Fallbrook, California,
has been a leader in organized bigotry for more than 25 years...He has been
widely acknowledged as the principal mentor of the neo-Nazi skinhead movement
since its appearance in America during the mid-1980s; in this connection, he
attracted nationwide publicity in 1990, when an Oregon jury rendered a $12.5
million judgment against him and his son, John, for inciting the murder of an
Ethiopian immigrant by skinheads. Today, although still paying the judgment,
Metzger continues to cultivate a following through his monthly newspaper, WAR
White Aryan Resistance, a Web site, a telephone hotline, an e-mail
newsletter, and other media.
Margaret Sanger, on the other hand, was the founder of Planned
Parenthood. Recently voted one of Time Magazine's 100 Leaders &
Revolutionaries for the 20th Century, she is an inductee into the American
Nurses Association Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame. Gloria
Steinem recently wrote as follows about Ms. Sanger in Time Magazine:
The movement she started will grow to be, a hundred years from now, the
most influential of all time," predicted futurist and historian H.G.
Wells in 1931. "When the history of our civilization is written, it will
be a biological history, and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine."
One is a "heroine" of the 20th Century. The other a modern villain. So
the following quiz concerning who said what ought to be easy. Right? Well try
your luck and you may be surprised.
Margaret or Metzger?
1. "Negroes and Southern Europeans are mentally inferior to native born
2. "Since Christianity is in fact a slave religion, it is satirical at
least to see the negro adopt a slave religion, after chattel slavery was
ended. It simply underlines the fact that consciously or unconsciously, weak
humans desire the status of sheep, no matter what they say."
3. "More children from the fit, less from the unfit."
4. "...apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation
to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted, or whose
inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to
5. "Colored people are like human weeds and are to be
6. "Covertly invest into non-White areas, invest in ghetto abortion
clinics. Help to raise money for free abortions, in primarily non-White
areas. Perhaps abortion clinic syndicates throughout North America, that
primarily operate in non-White areas and receive tax support, should be
7. "We do not want the word to go out that we want to exterminate
the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten that
idea out if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."
Extra Credit
8. Who was the guest speaker at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Silverlake, N. J.
in 1926, Margaret or Metzger?
9. Which current Civil Rights Leader once stated the following:
"Abortion is black genocide...What happens to the mind of a person
and the moral fabric of a nation , that accepts the aborting of the life of
a baby without a pang of conscience?"
10. Who is a responsible for the deaths of millions of black Americans?
a. Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.
b. White Aryan Resistance Leader Tom Meztger
c. Sanger and Metzger.
d. Neither
1. Sanger; E. Drogin, Margaret Sanger: Father of Modern Society, CUL
Publishers, 1980, Section 1, p. 18-24; http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_42.asp
2. Metzger; http://www.africa2000.com/XNDX/xwarpo.htm
Metzger quote
3. Sanger; Birth Control Review, May 1919 (vol. III, no. 5); p.12. http://www.homekeepers.com/sanger.html
Sanger quote
4. Sanger; A Plan For Peace, The Birth Control Review, April 1932, p. 106
5. Sanger; http://blackgenocide.org/planned.html
6. Metzger; http://www.africa2000.com/XNDX/xwarpo.htm
Metzger quote
7. Sanger; 1. Linda Gordon, Woman's Body Woman's Right: Social History of
Birth Control in America (New York, Grossman Publishers, 1976) p.333. http://www.missionariestopreborn.com/ppNegro.htm
8. Sanger; (1) Emily Taft Douglas, Margaret Sanger; Pioneer of the Future,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, N.Y., 1970, p. 192. http://www.scholarscorner.com/ethics/Anti-Semitism.html
Sanger Speaks at Klan Rally
9. Jesse Jackson; http://www.blackgenocide.org/
Rev. Jackson quote
10. a. Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger


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Infant sleep problems are some of the most common concerns reported by parents of young children. Ask any new parent and most will complain about lack of sleep. Many will also be worried that what they are experiencing isn't "normal" and that they believe that their child has a problem that needs fixing. So they search books, ask friends and family or even their doctor about what to do about their child's problematic sleep patterns. And to top it off, they feel immense anxiety and worry about it. Part of this epidemic of parental angst about children's sleep is that we live in a culture in which parents are repeated told that they need to worry about their child's sleep, that there will be dire consequences if their child doesn't get enough sleep. Another problem is that most new parents, having had little experience with children prior to having their own, have little awareness about what truly is "normal" when it comes to infant sleep.
Simply being made aware of normal sleep patterns can help alleviate the stress and anxiety parents feel, leading to happier times for the entire family.
So what is normal?
In this series of posts, we'll tackle some of the more common sleep concerns parents have with the hope that they can see them as normal, developmental stages for their child.
"My child wakes every hour, all day and night, to feed"
Whether it's every hour, or every two hours, or even three, parents are often concerned when their young infant is waking regularly for feedings. This concern is not surprising given the focus on "sleeping through the night" that our culture pushes. But sleeping through the night is not biologically normal, especially for a breastfeeding baby.
At the time of birth, a baby's stomach can only hold a teaspoon's worth of milk, meaning that he or she will need to feed frequently to meet the many demands for energy that accompany this period of growth. Although the stomach grows relatively quickly, the fat and protein content in human breastmilk is much lower than in the milk of other mammals and thus infants are required to feed often, resulting in greater night wakings (Ball, 2003; Ball, 2009).
Human breastmilk, being designed for infants who need to feed on cue day and night, is easily and quickly digested. Formula, however, is typically made from the breastmilk of another species – cows – and is higher in fat while also containing myriad additives which make it more difficult, and thus slower, to digest. This can affect infant sleep, resulting in unnaturally deeper infant sleep (more time spent in stage 3-4) (Butte, Jensen, Moon, Glaze, & Frost Jr., 1992), a stage of sleep for which it is most difficult to arouse to terminate breathing pauses (especially for arousal deficient infants), therein potentially diminishing the infants capacity to maintain sufficient oxygen. Even so, formula use does not necessarily providing parents with more sleep overall (Doan, Gardiner, Gay, & Lee, 2007).
Infants whose primary source of energy is breastmilk will often wake frequently to nurse, something that is essential for the breastfeeding relationship to continue (Ball, 2009). However, regardless of feeding status, many infants wake regularly during the night (Weinraub, Bender, Friedman, Susman, Knoke, Bradley, et al., 2012). Waking through the night is normal and biologically adaptive. In fact, though it is often reported that sleep patterns consolidate in the second year, the pattern differs in breastfed children.
Breastfeeding moms may wake more often, but report greater total sleep. For example in a study following breastfed children for 2 years, it was found that these children continue to wake frequently throughout the second year of life, a pattern more in line with cultures in which co-sleeping and full-term (aka "extended") breastfeeding are more common (Elias, Nicolson, Bora, & Johnston, 1986).
Night wakings serve to protect the infant. Night wakings have been reported as being more common in infants who bedshare with a parent, yet the wakings and bedsharing (when done safely) may actually protect the infant from SIDS (Mosko, Richard, & McKenna, 1997; Mosko, Richard, McKenna, & Drummond, 1996). The critical period for SIDS is up to 8 months of age (with the peak at 2-3 months) and night wakings may serve as a protective mechanism. In fact, if we look at parenting historically and cross-culturally, frequent night-wakings coupled with co-sleeping and breastfeeding is the norm for which we should be comparing other infant sleep behaviours.
"My child was sleeping through the night and suddenly it's stopped."
Imagine you've been waking regularly with night feeds and arousals, but as time passes they are decreasing. Then you realize you're now sleeping in nice, long chunks. Hours of sleep all at once! And it's wonderful. Then suddenly, as quickly as it came, it's gone. Your wonderful, sleeping-through-the-night child is suddenly waking again. This experience, which is a reality for many, can cause frustration and despair accompanied by the feeling that you've done something wrong, or that you must do something get their uninterrupted sleep back again.
But here's the thing: You didn't do anything. A return to night waking after periods of sleeping through the night is entirely normal. Many children's sleep will cycle like this for a while. In fact, researchers looking at sleep patterns have found that often between 6 and 12 months, infants who had previously been sleeping long stretches suddenly start to wake more frequently at night (Scher, 1991; Scher, 2001). In fact, in one long-term study looking at child sleep between 3 and 42 months found that there was no stability in night wakings or even sleep duration during this time (Scher, Epstein, & Tirosh, 2004).
What causes the change in sleeping pattern? There are likely a variety of reasons, unique to each child. For some, it may be a growth spurt or teething. For others, it may be a cognitive leap that has them buzzing more so than usual or the appearance of separation anxiety. Just recently a study reported that babies tend to wake more often when they are learning to crawl. And for some, we may never know the actual reason. But as children age and each develops a circadian rhythm, they will go through cycles of sleep – some more convenient for parents than others. Parents need to be aware that these changes are entirely normal, even though they can be frustrating. Hopefully once you know that changes are to be expected, you can be better prepared or at least not add anxiety to the sleep disruptions you are forced to deal with once again.
Click here to read part two which focuses on the role of individual sleep patterns in infant sleep and why we need not worry when our child doesn't fit what most other children are doing with respect to sleep.
Click here to read part three which focuses on normal parent and family behaviours and why it is not harmful to baby's sleep.
Ball, H. L. (2003). Breastfeeding, bed-sharing, and infant sleep. Birth, 30, 181-188.
Ball, H. L. (2009). Bed-sharing and co-sleeping: research overview. NCT New Digest, 48, 22-27.
Butte, N. F., Jensen, C. L., Moon, J. K., Glaze, D. G., & Frost Jr., J. D. (1992). Sleep organization and energy expenditure of breast-fed and formula-fed infants. Pediatric Research, 32, 514-519.
Doan, T., Gardiner, A., Gay, C. L., & Lee, K. A. (2007). Breast-feeding increases sleep duration of new parents. Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 21, 200-206.
Elias, M. F., Nicolson, N. A., Bora, C., & Johnston, J. (1986). Sleep/wake patterns of breast-fed infants in the first 2 years of life. Pediatrics, 77, 322-329.
Mosko, S., Richard, C., & McKenna, J. (1997). Infant arousals during mother-infant bed sharing: Implications for infant sleep and sudden infant death syndrome research. Pediatrics, 100, 841-849.
Mosko, S., Richard, C., McKenna, J., & Drummond, S. (1996). Infant sleep architecture during bedsharing and possible implications for SIDS. Sleep, 19, 677-684.
Scher, A. (2001). Attachment and sleep: A study of night-waking in 12-month-old infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 38, 274-285.
Scher, A. (1991). A longitudinal study of night waking in the first year. Child: Care, Health and Development, 17, 295-302.
Scher, A., Epstein, R., & Tirosh, E. (2004). Stability and changes in sleep regulation: A longitudinal study from 3 months to 3 years. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28, 268-274.
Weinraub, M., Bender, R. H., Friedman, S. L., Susman, E. J., Knoke, B., Bradley, R., Houts, R., & Williams, J. (2012). Patterns of developmental change in infants' nighttime sleep awakenings from 6 through 36 months of age. Developmental Psychology, 48, 1511-1528.


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The floor length bridesmaid dress is a staple choice for weddings of any type because it never goes out of style. Floor length bridesmaid dresses are the trendiest among the wedding silhouettes due to its large offering of styles. There is always the perfect floor length dress for a bridesmaid of any size, height and body type.
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Charlie Sheen is back in rehab, a day after the troubled actor was hospitalized in Los Angeles.
"Charlie Sheen has voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation center today," Sheen spokesman Stan Rosenfield told news outlets on Friday. "He is most grateful to all who have expressed their concern."
Rosenfield, who hours earlier had said the "Two and a Half Men" star would report for work Tuesday, appealed for privacy. He did not say what Sheen was seeking treatment for, though it will be his third time in a treatment facility in 12 months, according to Reuters.
Local news from across Southern California
CBS said in a statement Friday it stood behind Sheen and would put "Men" on hiatus with eight episodes yet to be filmed for the 24-episode season, the wire service reported.
The network's entertainment president, Nina Tassler, openly admitted earlier this month execs had a "high level of concern" about its highly paid star.
Sheen, 45, was hospitalized early Thursday in Los Angeles with what his publicist described as "severe abdominal pains."
According to a friend of Sheen's who spoke with Extra, the actor aggravated a hiatal hernia by laughing too hard at something on TV.
But TMZ.com reported that Sheen had partying since Wednesday at his L.A. home with five porn stars, including actress Kacey Jordan. She told the website the partying and competitive drinking lasted for about 36 hours.
Sheen neighbor Dr. Paul Nassif and his wife, the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof-Nassif, told People that they received a frantic phone call from Sheen's house in the early morning hours on Thursday.
"We did receive a call from Charlie's house this morning, asking for medical assistance and advice," they said in a statement to the magazine, "and immediately insisted the caller dial 911. Dr. Nassif also immediately called 911."
Sheen has been in the news for reckless partying regularly since an episode on Christmas, 2009, in which he allegedly held a knife to then-wife Brooke Mueller's neck.
He later split with Mueller and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in the case and was sentenced to rehab.
No charges were filed against Sheen in a subsequent episode in New York, in which he was found naked and disoriented in a luxury hotel that he had trashed. A porn star who said she was with Sheen that night was found in the bathroom, and the actor's ex-wife Denise Richards and their two young children were in a room just down the hall.
While Sheen has become a punchline for comedians, through it all, he had kept to his taping schedule for the highly-rated sitcom, for which he is paid just under $2 million per episode.
"Two and a Half Men" co-star Jon Cryer alluded to reports of Sheen's wild ways in an interview on "Conan" this week.
"It's always a little weird because like the stuff you hear is just unbelievable," Cryer said. "I mean like... I'm checking TMZ, as I do every day, to know if I have to go to work at all."